Gate-latch



(No Model.)

Y' A. HOLEMAN.

13 GATE LATCH..

` No. 233,243. Patented Aug.`14, 1383.

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UNITED STATES ADAM HoLEMAN, Won EEoNsoN, EANsAs.

PATENT OFFICE.

vGATE-LATCH.

SPECIFICATION- forming part of ILetters Patent N0.,283,243, dated August14, 1883.

Application filed January 19, 1883. (No model.) l

To all whom, t may concern Be it known that I, ADAM HOLEMAN, acitizen ofthe United Statesresidingat Bronson,

in the county of Bourbon and State of Kansas, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Gate-Latches, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had thereintoA the accompanying drawings.

V My' inventionrelates toiinprovements in wire gates or the latchestherefor; and it consists in the construction, combination, and arrangement of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully described, andspecifically pointed out in theclaiin. Y A

`In the drawings, Figure l` is a side view of my gate. Fig. 2 is a planview of the. gate latched, with dotted lines showing .the same'unlatched, and Fig. 3 is a,plan viewof thev gate when being fastened orunfastened, as will be described; Y

l The gateis composed o f the wires a and the bar a.

Z is the post. The wires a are securedat one end in any suitable mannerto the said post, as sl1own,and their opposite ends are made fast to thebar a.

a2 is an eye or staple, secured to the bar a in position to be enteredby the lever-latch,` hereinafter described. l

c is the butt-post, ,to and away from `which tliebar a swings in theoperation of thedevice. c is a lug extended from the butt-post.

cl is the lever-latch, having itsY inner end 4 pivoted on the lug c',and swinging laterally,

as will be described. This lever is constructed so that its outer endmay be passed through the staple a2, and is provided on what (forconvenience of reference) I call its f outer left side,77 with a slot,d', arranged close to `its 'piv otal point, as shown. In the inner endof this slot I cutthe notch di, `while its outer end is beveledslightly, so that the staple will slide off easily when the lever-latchis turned to the right to rcleasethe same.

, In the operation of my invention, when it is desired to latch thegate, the bar a is swung in close to the butt-post, and the outer end ofthe leverflatch is passed through the staple a2, and the lever is thenswung to the position shown' in Fig. 2, the staple falling into the slotand notch d2 therein, in which position it will be seen that all forceorstrain on the gate will draw the fastening together, rather than`otherwise, the strain of the gate Vbeing exerted 011 the latch in rearof the pivotal point of the same.

It will be understood that instead of cutting the slot in the outer sideof the lever a small projection could be formed thereon near the pivotedend and adapted to hold the staple.

' ends to the gate-bar, having the staple secured thereto, and then iiXthe lever-latch on the postfromwhich the wire has been cut, and the gateis complete. y

Vhat I claim is;-

In combination with a gate for wire fences,

constructed as described, the latch consisting of the lever d, pivotedto the lug c of the post C, said lever being formed with a slot, d', andnotch d2, adapted to receive thestaple c2 of the gate, substantially asset forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ADAM HOLEMAN.

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